As a son of a career Army solider that fought in three wars, I was raised with a sense of gratitude for the great freedoms we enjoy in America. I lived in Germany and had the opportunity to travel Europe for three years. I had the privilege to travel through communist East Germany on a train and visit West Berlin, the Berlin Wall and the museum at Checkpoint Charlie over twenty years before that wall came down.
That trip, that wall and that museum impressed upon me as a young teenager that many people literally risked their lives, and many lost their lives, in an effort to obtain a freedom that I was given as a birthright.
I give thanks this week for my Dad and the millions of other men and women who have served America during the past 244 years, first to secure the God given rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and then to protect those rights and the other freedoms that the Constitution and Bill of Rights grant us.
This video message of gratitude from Russell M. Nelson can bring peace into your life this week and beyond.
Click here: The Healing Power of Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
2 comments:
May God bless you, Susan and your sons and daughters this Thanksgiving.
Ben...Thank you and may He bless you family as well...Dave
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